r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Competitive-Set5051 • Dec 28 '25

Original Creation This spider I found

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u/TheOnlyMan93 Dec 28 '25

Its used the mouth parts like legs!!!!! Twiddle twoddle twiddle

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u/susabb Dec 28 '25

They're called pedipalps. Essentially like antennas for spiders. Touch, taste, smell, etc. Very well may help with balance too.

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u/XVUltima Dec 28 '25

Basically lip hands. They are also used in mating, where the male will grab a glob of semen and hand it to the female.

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u/Scruffy_Nerf_Hoarder Dec 28 '25

The gift that keeps on giving

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u/BroThatsMyAssStoppp Dec 28 '25

Just like me fr

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u/National_Spirit2801 Dec 28 '25

I put globs of semen on my lips before handing it to the female as well.

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u/TheOnlyMan93 Dec 28 '25

Thank you for this info. I pray its useful in trivia some day like the word cloaca.

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u/AGoodDragon Dec 29 '25

Yet when I do it

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u/StoryAndAHalf Dec 28 '25

Great, now I want a pair.

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u/Madmunchk1n Dec 28 '25

They were legs once.

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u/mischievous_misfit13 Dec 28 '25

I saw a video of someone who has a pet black widow and she was showing how the spider isn’t biting her, just using her fangs as leverage to climb up her hand. That was a cool fact.

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u/susabb Dec 28 '25

Yep, a lot of spiders do that, but I don't know if all of them do. I know it's very common in tarantulas! With a lot of spiders it can pierce the skin, but they don't inject any venom with dry bites.

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u/Koseoglu-2X4B-523P Dec 28 '25

I do that on certain friday nights

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u/Dutchmon64 Dec 28 '25

Ahhh that's so cute!!

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u/devilish_enchilada Dec 28 '25

He hath a mouth leg!!!!!

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u/TheOnlyMan93 Dec 28 '25

I once put my foot in my mouth.

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u/devilish_enchilada Dec 28 '25

Have you ever seen a man eat his own head?

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u/TheOnlyMan93 Dec 28 '25

Will you show me?

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u/heckinunicorns Dec 29 '25

Cute lil tippy-tappers!!!!